1942 - 1995
Carlos Roque Monzón (7 August 1942 – 8 January 1995), nicknamed Escopeta (Shotgun in English), was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed world middleweight championship for 7 years. He successfully defended his title 14 times against 11 different fighters and is widely regarded as not only one of the best middleweights in history but also one of the greatest boxers of all time pound-for-pound. Known for his speed, punching power and relentless work rate, Monzon ended his career with a record of 87-3-9-1 with 59 knockouts; all of his losses were early in his career and were avenged. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Monzón has received more than 958,643 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Monzón is the 17th most popular boxer (up from 19th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Boxer.
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Among boxers, Carlos Monzón ranks 17 out of 326. Before him are Jake LaMotta, Jack Dempsey, László Papp, Evander Holyfield, James J. Braddock, and Floyd Patterson. After him are Vitali Klitschko, Teófilo Stevenson, Ingemar Johansson, Roberto Durán, Primo Carnera, and Larry Holmes.
1922 - 2017
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 11
1895 - 1983
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 12
1926 - 2003
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 13
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 14
1905 - 1974
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 15
1935 - 2006
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 16
1942 - 1995
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 17
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 18
1952 - 2012
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 19
1932 - 2009
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 20
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 21
1906 - 1967
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 22
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1942, Carlos Monzón ranks 123. Before him are Vladimir Bukovsky, Barry Levinson, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Sixto Rodriguez, Samuel R. Delany, and Jim Rogers. After him are Roger Ebert, David Bradley, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Isaac Hayes, Kang Kek Iew, and Mirjana Marković. Among people deceased in 1995, Carlos Monzón ranks 61. Before him are Mária Telkes, Alonzo Church, Eazy-E, Edda Mussolini, James Meade, and John B. Calhoun. After him are Ko Takamoro, Ernest Mandel, Joseph Needham, Yves Congar, Nathan Rosen, and U Nu.
1942 - 2019
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 117
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 118
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 119
1942 - 2023
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 120
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 121
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 122
1942 - 1995
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 123
1942 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 124
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 125
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 126
1942 - 2008
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 127
1942 - 2020
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 128
1942 - 2019
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 129
1900 - 1995
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 55
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 56
1964 - 1995
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 57
1910 - 1995
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 58
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 59
1917 - 1995
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 60
1942 - 1995
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 61
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 62
1923 - 1995
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 63
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 64
1904 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 65
1909 - 1995
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 66
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 67
Among people born in Argentina, Carlos Monzón ranks 67 out of 1,019. Before him are Osvaldo Ardiles (1952), Francisco Varallo (1910), Raimundo Orsi (1901), Mauricio Macri (1959), Leonor Fini (1907), and Sergio Agüero (1988). After him are Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878), Isabel Sarli (1929), Lalo Schifrin (1932), Hernán Crespo (1975), Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852), and Guillermo Vilas (1952).
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 61
1910 - 2010
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 62
1901 - 1986
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 63
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 64
1907 - 1996
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 65
1988 - Present
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 66
1942 - 1995
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 67
1878 - 1959
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 68
1929 - 2019
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 69
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 70
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 71
1852 - 1933
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 72
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 73
Among boxers born in Argentina, Carlos Monzón ranks 1. After him are Pascual Pérez (1926), Rafael Iglesias (1924), Santiago Lovell (1912), Alfredo Porzio (1900), Carmelo Robledo (1912), Arturo Rodríguez (1907), Víctor Avendaño (1907), Amado Azar (1913), Oscar Casanovas (1914), Héctor Méndez (1897), and Abel Laudonio (1938).
1942 - 1995
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 1
1926 - 1977
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 2
1924 - 1999
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 3
1912 - 1966
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 4
1900 - 1976
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 5
1912 - 1982
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 6
1907 - 1982
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 7
1907 - 1984
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 8
1913 - 1971
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 9
1914 - 1987
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 10
1897 - 1977
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 11
1938 - 2014
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 12